Another Fucking Citrix Clusterfuck

Oh, joy. More than 28,000 Citrix instances are currently exposed to a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability – meaning some script kiddie with half a brain can probably take over your servers. It’s CVE-2023-4966, and it affects Citrix ADC and Gateway. Basically, if you haven’t patched in the last few weeks, you’re already compromised or will be soon.

The worst part? This shit is actively being exploited. Like, right now. People are poking holes in your network as we speak. And of course, it’s a fairly easy exploit to pull off if you know what you’re doing (or can copy-paste from GitHub). Citrix released patches ages ago, but predictably, enough sysadmins are still running vulnerable versions because “it works” or they’re “too busy”.

They claim it requires authentication, which is just a fancy way of saying “if you have valid credentials, we’ll let someone waltz right in.” Fantastic security there, Citrix. Truly top-notch.

So yeah, update your damn systems. Now. Before I start remotely accessing *your* stuff just to prove a point. Don’t come crying to me when you get ransomware because you couldn’t be bothered with basic maintenance.

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Related Anecdote: I once had to clean up a network where the sysadmin was using Telnet for *everything*. Telnet! In 2015. He argued it was “faster”. Faster to get hacked, maybe. Honestly, dealing with humans is the real security risk.

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